Beach goers, surfers enjoy weather as Hurricane Dorian churns in unpredictable course
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1429412
Beach goers, surfers enjoy weather as Hurricane Dorian churns in unpredictable course
- Title: Beach goers, surfers enjoy weather as Hurricane Dorian churns in unpredictable course
- Date: 31st August 2019
- Summary: JACKSONVILLE BEACH, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES (AUGUST 31, 2019) (REUTERS) U.S. FLAG, RED FLAG AND RED CROSS FLAG ON LIFEGUARD TOWER / VARIOUS OF LIFEGUARD WATCHING VARIOUS OF WOMAN PLAYING WITH HER DAUGHTER ON THE BEACH (SOUNDBITE) (English) RESIDENT SONIA VOHRA, 35, SAYING: "It's nice that it slowed down a little bit and we're able to enjoy it when it's not too hot outside to come out to the beach before it gets dangerous." VOHRA PLAYING WITH DAUGHTER VARIOUS OF JACKSONVILLE BEACH, WATER TIDE, RED FLAG VARIOUS OF PEOPLE PLAYING A VOLLEYBALL GAME (SOUNDBITE) (English) RESIDENT LELAND BERKE, SAYING: "I went to the store, got some goodies, got a couple of beers, got some Doritos, a couple of snacks you know, got about a quarter tank of gas in the car so I should be ready to roll out if I need to." BEACH CLEANER VEHICLE / SEVERAL VOLLEYBALL GAMES IN PROGRESS (SOUNDBITE) (English) RESIDENT ASHLEY REW, SAYING "It's kind of sad my husband works for hospitality and they lost like over 300 people that were coming down for the Tallahassee game and now they moved it to Tallahassee so it makes this city lose a lot of money especially when it was predicted to come early and now it's late." VARIOUS OF BACK OF REW WALKING ALONG THE BEACH WITH HUSBAND SEAGULLS ON SHORE TWO MEN WORKING AT BEACH RENTAL BUSINESS (SOUNDBITE) (English) BEACH RENTAL BUSINESS STAFF, SEFTON TRANTER, SAYING: "This is a huge weekend for not only our business, but for a lot of local businesses it generates a lot of revenue every year so we planned on being really really busy but unfortunately towards the beginning of the week we were packing up some of the chairs, now it's just uncertain. If there's a good forecast we're going to come up here and set up and hopefully people are going to stay in the hotels." TRANTER CARRYING BLUE BEACH UMBRELLAS VARIOUS OF COUPLE WALKING ON THE BEACH WOMAN CATCHING WAVES JACKSONVILLE BEACH
- Embargoed: 14th September 2019 20:25
- Keywords: tourism Storm hurricane Labor Day beach Jacksonville Florida Labor Day weekend Dorian
- Location: JACKSONVILLE BEACH, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES
- City: JACKSONVILLE BEACH, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Disaster/Accidents,Wind/Hurricane/Typhoons/Tornadoes
- Reuters ID: LVA001AUJU5VR
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Beach goers in Jacksonville, northeastern Florida, enjoyed the sun-soaked weather on Saturday (August 31) while keeping an eye on the Hurricane Doria's unpredictable path, potentially barreling their way.
Authorities representing beach communities along Florida's east coast told residents to stay alert, although latest forecasts indicate they may dodge a direct hit from the dangerous category 4 storm.
The slow-moving storm was churning slowly across the Atlantic in the direction of Georgia and the Carolinas, with Florida also still in its sights.
On Florida's east coast, local business owners lamented seeing fewer customers than what's typical for this United States Labor Day holiday weekend.
The Miami-based National Hurricane Center said there had been a "notable change" since Friday (August 30) night, with the latest forecasts showing the eye of the storm could veer north and stay out at sea.
But it warned that its course remained unpredictable and Dorian posed an immediate threat to the Bahamas as well as millions of people along the southeast U.S. coast.
The NHC said Dorian was packing maximum sustained winds of 150 mph (240 kph) and was expected to hit the northwest Bahamas islands on Sunday and be near Florida's east coast late Monday through Tuesday.
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